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“mobilières” and “mobiliers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#23,613
“mobilières” frequency rank
#25,399
“mobiliers” frequency rank
49012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mobilières mobiliers
Definition Féminin pluriel de mobilier. Masculin pluriel de mobilier.

Where the eye mixes mobilières and mobiliers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mobilières runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCVC) against mobiliers's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
mobilières
9 ch
mobiliers

Look-alike desk: mobilières vs mobiliers

A purely visual mix-up. mobilières (\mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\) and mobiliers (\mɔ.bi.lje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mobilières is recorded at frequency rank #23,613, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\. mobiliers is at rank #25,399, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bi.lje\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49012, this pair ranks #174,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mobilières vs mobiliers

Shared letters: beilmors. Private to "mobilières": è. Private to "mobiliers": -.

"mobilières" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC  ·  "mobiliers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mobiliers ← mboiliers · mmobiliers · mobbiliers · mobiilers · mobileirs · mobilierrs · mobilierss · mobilires

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mobilières" and "mobiliers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\ versus \mɔ.bi.lje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mobilières" vs "mobiliers" - which ranks higher?
"mobilières" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,613 in our French list, against #25,399 for "mobiliers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mobilières" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mobiliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,202 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mobilières" and "mobiliers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mobiliers vs mobilisées". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #174,202 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list